Category Archives: Perspectives…

A wide range of lessons and commentary about many health related issues. Many are point-blank op-ed pieces based upon personal experiences by the writers (as patients or witnesses IE, spouses, children…) – or even by some doctor’s and other medical practitioners, who actually have a conscience – in addition to some spiritual issues addressing our well-being..

Surgeon General: CDC Labs a ‘National Disgrace’

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) – US Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher said that the United States should be “ashamed of the condition of the laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.” The labs are out-of-date and poorly equipped, he said, “and these are laboratories that are relied upon around the world.“

Satcher, who held an impromptu press briefing at the American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting here, said “the laboratories had no power for 15 hours during the early days” of the anthrax bioterrrorism attacks. Continue reading →

One Little Rose

I would rather have one little rose
From the garden of a friend
Than to have the choicest flowers
When my stay on earth must end.

I would rather have one pleasant word
In kindness said to me,
Than flattery when the heart is still
And life has ceased to be.

I would rather have a loving smile
From friends I know are true,
Than tears shed round my casket
When this world I’ve bid adieu.

Bring me all your flowers today,
Yellow, or white, or red.
I’d rather have one blossom now
Than a truckload when I’m dead!

~ Author Unknown Continue reading →

Salaman-Gordon: Stop medical experimentation on our children!

The year was 1961, a time of great darkness in conventional adult psychiatry (the darkness of ignorance is only now just beginning to lift). This is a true story.

Julie was not quite two years old when her father became concerned about her behavior. She fought with her little brother, wasn’t quite getting the right potty training, and openly defied her parents. Normal behavior under most standards, considering her age. However, for a psychiatrist trained in the use of drugs, not child behavior, it was enough to prescribe a heavy tranquilizer with dangerous side effects. Continue reading →

SARTRE: AMA = Asinine Meddling Agitators

The (then) new president of the American Medical Association, Dr. Richard F. Corlin from Santa Monica, California has a pet peeve. His proposal for a study into firearm injuries is nothing more than an assault upon guns themselves. It seems the good doctor wants data on the subject so that a review can be made to set AMA policy against gun violence. Well who would oppose reducing gun related injuries and deaths, but with the recent history of this esteemed group of physicians, it seems that this president is siding with ‘Doctors Against Handgun Injury’. Continue reading →

Special Delivery

Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the Surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: “How is my little boy? Is he going to be OK, when can I see him?”

The Surgeon said: “I’m sorry, we did all we could. “

Sally said,” Why do little children get cancer, doesn’t GOD care any more? GOD, where were you when my son needed you?” Continue reading →

Alternative Cancer Therapies Go Mainstream

Despite decades of searching, scientists are still struggling to find a cure for cancer. And though some conventional treatments can slow the spread of the disease, many are highly toxic and have harsh side effects. So it’s no surprise that six of 10 people with the disease try some form of alternative (also called complementary) therapy, according to a survey by scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which was published in the May 2000 issue of the journal Oncology Nursing Forum.

Partly because so many patients are turning to alternative approaches, mainstream researchers are beginning to put these unproven therapies to the test in carefully controlled studies. Here are some of the most promising currently being investigated:

PC-SPES
What it is: A mixture of eight Chinese herbs purported to treat prostate cancer.

Summary: There’s preliminary but promising evidence that it works. Continue reading →

Jaret: Dealing With Cancer . . .

NOTE: Once again, our View from the other side shows the ignorance of the medical community and their reluctance to bear witness to the TRUTH!

Notice the intent to scare the reader from the alternative – and back into the waiting operating rooms of your friendly physician! (Ed.)

After more than 17 years of battling malignant melanoma, Nick Steiner knew he had few options left. Steiner, 65, is a physician himself. Diagnosed with this deadly form of skin cancer in 1980, he’d watched the tumors spread into his lungs and then into his brain. He’d tried everything medicine has to offer – from surgery to an experimental cancer-fighting vaccine. When the disease surged back again in 1997, he recalls, “It looked like I was at the end of the road.”

Desperate, he turned to something he might once have scoffed at: Chinese herbs. “I heard about an herbal expert named George Wong. I gave him a call, knowing I had nothing to lose.” Continue reading →

And I Wept . . .

I saw him in the church building for the first time on Wednesday. He was in his mid-70’s, with thinning silver hair and a neat brown suit. Many times in the past I had invited him to come. Several other Christian friends had talked to him about the Lord and had tried to share the good news with him.

He was a well-respected, honest man with so many characteristics a Christian should have, but he had never put on Christ, nor entered the doors of the church. Continue reading →

The Last Verdict

The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what thought to be a court house.The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table.

As I looked around I saw the “prosecutor.” He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me. He definitely was the most evil person I have ever seen. I sat down and looked to my left and there sat my lawyer, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed familiar to me. Continue reading →

Follow Directions Carefully . . .

Jesus said, “If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.”

Not ashamed, Pass this on only if you mean it. Yes, I do Love God. He is my source of existence and Savior. He keeps me functioning each and everyday. Without Him, I will be nothing. Without him, I am nothing, but with Him I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me. (Phil 4:13) Continue reading →

The Faith and Love of Children…

We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly eating and talking. Suddenly, Erik squealed with glee and said, “Hi there.” He pounded his fat baby hands on the highchair tray. His eyes were wide with excitement and his mouth was bared in a toothless grin. He wriggled and giggled with merriment.

I looked around and saw the source of his merriment. It was a man with a tattered rag of a coat; dirty, greasy and worn. His pants were baggy with a zipper at half-mast and his toes poked out of would-be shoes. His shirt was dirty and his hair was uncombed and unwashed. His whiskers were too short to be called a beard and his nose was so varicose it looked like a road map. We were too far from him to smell, but I was sure he smelled. His hands waved and flapped on loose wrists. “Hi there, baby; hi there, big boy. I see ya, buster,” the man said to Erik. Continue reading →

Bailey: What Cancer Epidemic?

NOTE: The following article was recently published for Reason magazine. While there are several comments, which we agree with, I am saddened to say that this author has been greatly misdirected by the American Cancer Society and the National Institute for Health. It is only too typical of the Common Enemy to mislead, misdirect and post outright lies to the American public – all in the guise of being “politically correct” – and this writer is only being used as a tool.

At the bottom of this page, please read Dr. Kelley’s response to the nonsense being perpetrated. (Ed.) Continue reading →

Rose

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze. Continue reading →

Hello God…

Hello God, how are you and how are things up there.

I thought I’d call you on the phone this time to say my prayer.

I sure hope I got through to you and you’re listening to me today.

And have a lot I want to say.

First I want to thank you for all the things I have. Continue reading →

Heaven and Earth

What if…?
God couldn’t take the time to Bless us today because we could not take the time to thank Him yesterday

What if…?
God decided to stop leading us tomorrow Because we didn’t follow Him today…

What if…?
God didn’t walk with us today because we failed to recognize it as His day…

What if….?
We never saw another flower bloom because we grumbled when God sent the rain….. Continue reading →